2017

19 - 20 October 2017

• Migration: consolidation of the external dimension, including financing • Digital Europe: follow up to Tallinn Digital Summit • Defence: PESCO state of play, European Defence Industrial Development Programme • Leaders’ Agenda

17 November 2017 - Gothenburg Social Summit

• Social Europe: Fair Jobs and Growth • Education and Culture (30th anniversary of Erasmus)

14-15 December 2017

• Defence: launch PESCO and general overview of the various defence files • Social issues, culture and education: follow up Gothenburg Social Summit • Migration: way forward on the external and the internal dimension • Summit: EMU + Banking Union (agreement on timeline for decisions)

2018 Tusk’s Agenda

23 February 2018 - Informal meeting

• Institutional issues: composition/transnational lists, appointments, including Spitzenkandidaten • MFF: debate on political priorities

22-23 March 2018

• Single Market strategies (ensuring progress towards reaching the 2018 deadline) • Trade: trade defence, free trade agreements, screening of investments • Climate and Energy (orientation for further work) • Digital: issues requiring decision by the Leaders, such as e-commerce, copyright, taxation • Research and Innovation: steps necessary to ensure global competitiveness

17 May 2018 - EU-Western Balkans Summit (Sofia)

• EU-Western Balkans Summit • (poss.) Migration: overall agreement on internal and external policy

28-29 June 2018

• Decision on the composition of the European Parliament • Defence (orientation for further work) 2 LEADERS’2 LEADERS’ AGENDA AGENDA | EN | October | EN | • October2017 EMU 2017 (concrete decisions on reform) • (poss.) Migration: overall agreement on internal and external policy • Leaders’ Agenda: state of play on implementation

September 2018 - Informal Meeting (Vienna)

• Internal Security: checks at external borders, exchange of information, operational cooperation, security and criminal justice in cyberspace, preventing radicalisation (orientation for future work)

18-19 October 2018

• Internal security: follow up to the informal meeting • Migration • Trade: future trade policy, role of the EU in the multilateral trade system

13-14 December 2018

• MFF (progress report) • Single Market (orientation for the future beyond the 2018 deadline)

2019

21-22 March 2019

• Economic issues and trade • EMU (state of play and any further decisions)

9 May 2019 - Informal meeting (Sibiu)

• Implementation of the Leaders’ agenda • Preparation of the Strategic Agenda 2019-2024

20-21 June 2019

• MFF (progress report/discussion aiming for concluding negotiations later in 2019) • Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 • High level appointments

3 LEADERS’ AGENDA | EN | October 2017 STATE OF ROADMAP FOR A MORE THE UNITED, STRONGER AND UNION MORE DEMOCRATIC UNION 2017 Informal Dinner of Heads of State or Government ahead of the Tallinn Summit

“We started to fix the European roof. But today and tomorrow we must patiently, floor by floor, moment by moment, inspiration by inspiration, continue to add new floors to the European House. We must complete the European House now that the sun is shining and whilst it still is. [...] We now have a window of opportunity but it will not stay open forever. [...] Let us make the most of the momentum, catch the wind in our sails.”

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, State of the Union Address, 13 September 2017

The past 12 months have been challenging for European citizens. Hard work and political leadership were required from the EU Institutions and from the Member States.

To keep the European project on course, President Juncker’s State of the Union Address of 14 September 2016 presented a positive agenda for a Europe that Protects, Empowers and Defends. This message was welcomed by the European Parliament as well as the EU27 leaders at the Bratislava Summit.

The work on the positive agenda for the EU27 continued with the Commission’s White Paper on the Future of Europe in March this year, offering five scenarios for what Europe could look like by 2025. Three weeks later, EU27 leaders came together to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome and renewed their vows in the Rome Declaration, affirming that ‘Europe’s future lies in our own hands’ and agreeing to ‘make the stronger and more resilient, through even greaterJuncker’s unity.’ Agenda We now have a window of opportunity to engage on a broader reform of our Union. To steer this reform and to stimulate discussion, President Juncker has proposed in his State of the Union Address of 13 September 2017 a Roadmap for a More United, Stronger and More Democratic Union.

Sep 2017 13/09 State of the Union Address by President Juncker

28/09 Informal dinner of EU Heads of State or Government on the Future of Future of Europe in Tallinn, Europe debates in Parliaments, Oct 19-20/10 European Council / Meeting of EU27 cities and regions

Nov 17/11 Social Summit in Gothenburg,

Dec 6/12 Economic and Monetary Union package of proposals by the Commission • Transformation of the European Stability Mechanism into a European Monetary Fund • Creation of a dedicated euro area budget line within the EU budget providing for four functions: (1) structural reform assistance, (2) a stabilisation function, (3) a backstop for the Banking Union, and (4) a convergence instrument to give pre-accession assistance to non-euro area Member States • Integration of the substance of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union into EU law • Creation of a double-hatted European Minister of Economy and Finance European Council / Meeting of EU27 14-15/12 Future of Euro Summit Europe debates in Parliaments, Strategy of the Commission for a successful EU accession of Serbia cities and regions Feb 2018 and Montenegro as frontrunner candidates in the Western Balkans

Convergence Reports by the Commission and the on the May progress made by the Member States in meeting the conditions for adopting the single currency of the European Union

Possible informal meeting of EU27 in Sofia, back to back with a Western Balkans Summit

Commission proposal for the Future Multiannual Financial Framework beyond 2020

June 28-29/06 European Council / Meeting of EU27 Commission Communication on the future of EU Energy and Climate Policy, including on the future of the Sep Commission Communication on the enhancement of the use of qualified majority voting in Common Foreign Policy Commission Communication on the enhancement of the use of qualified majority voting and of the ordinary legislative procedure in internal market matters, including social and taxation matters Commission Communication on a possible extension of the tasks of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include thefight against terrorism Report by the Task Force chaired by Commission First Vice-President Timmermans on the ways to enhance , proportionality and better regulation in the daily operation of the European Union

Commission Communication on enhancing the efficiency at the helm of the European Union

2018 State of the Union Address by President Juncker Possible informal meeting of EU27 in Vienna, European Council / Meeting of EU27 Oct 18-19/10 Initiative by the Commission to strengthen the enforcement of the Rule of Law in the European Union Dec 13-14/12 European Council / Meeting of EU27 30/03 Possible Extraordinary European Council to take first decisions Mar 2019 by unanimity on the future of Europe, Sibiu, May/June European Parliament elections